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I am an employer. My employees work around heavy equipment

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I am an employer. My employees work around heavy equipment on the shipping docks.Many work while taking medically prescribed drugs. Do I have the right to ask the employee to get a statement from his prescribing MD that the employee is safe to work in these dangerous environments while taking (under the influence) of the prescribed drug?

Yes, you can and should ask for such a statement. You should supply the doctor with a description of what the job consists of and what is the exposure to the equipment. (Ideally, you will already have such a job description; if not, you should prepare one.)

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